Melbourne: Australian fighter jets have carried out their first airstrike against the dreaded Islamic State militant group in Syria and destroyed an armoured personnel carrier, Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said today.

Moscow: Russian's military yesterday blasted targets across Syria with long-range strategic bombers for a third day, the Defence Ministry said, as Moscow pressed on with its intensified air campaign in the country.

BEIRUT: Seventy-six people, including 28 children, were killed on Sunday when Syrian army helicopters dropped "barrel bombs" on the northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.

Beirut/ Washington: Islamic State said on Tuesday one of its most prominent and longest-serving leaders was killed in what appeared to be an American airstrike in Syria, depriving the militant group of the man in charge of directing attacks overseas.

Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Friday that the country was prepared for any retaliation by Hezbollah, after it carried out a deadly airstrike in Syria against the Lebanese Shiite militant group.